As I said before, with an army of up to 1 million or hundreds of thousands from dozens of countries, it is a very troublesome problem to control and dispatch. But fortunately, although there is only one battlefield in the Demon War, the actual combat area is not the same. So they will divide their respective theaters of operations and do not have to worry about coordination.

The battlefield of the Battle of the Demons is in the central area of the Iber continent, and the terrain is a basin terrain surrounded by mountains, with an area of about 100,000 hectares, which is about the size of a county according to the administrative area of the human kingdom in the Iber world.

According to the Templar Order, this basin surrounded by mountains is the main gateway for the demons to invade the world of Iber, and in each year of darkness, more than ninety percent of the invading demons will appear here, and then spread in all directions. Fortunately, for some reason, the location where the demons appeared was in this basin surrounded by mountains, and the mountains were so high and steep that they couldn't climb at all. The only way to connect the basin and to the outside is by the canyon roads that surround the mountains that surround the basin. As long as the human alliance firmly guards the passages, it can trap the demons in the basin.

There are four main passages through the mountain passage connecting the basin, which have always been the main routes for the demons to invade outward - these four passages are located in the basin due east (east passage), due south east (south passage), due west south (west passage), due north west (north passage) four directions, in the previous demon wars, the expeditionary forces of the four kingdoms of mankind were each responsible for defending the passage towards their own country. While expeditionary forces from other principalities were responsible for assisting.

The southern defense area in charge of the expeditionary force of the Tristrium Kingdom and the surrounding neighboring principalities is a valley terrain, which naturally cannot allow hundreds of thousands of troops to be laid out, so the defensive measures taken by the coalition forces are layered resistance and a step-by-step layout, and a total of five defense lines are arranged in the defense area.

According to the usual practice, the most elite troops of the kingdom of Tristram and the surrounding principalities were stationed in the last line of defense, while the other troops under the command of each country were stationed in the first three lines. As for which troops are in front and which is behind, whose position is in the center and whose position is on the flank, it is completely determined by drawing lots - the reason why the Rogue knight who spoke to Li Xiang said that Kasha was 'unlucky' was because the position of the defense zone drawn by Kashya by lot this time was in the first line of defense, and it was also in the center of the first line of defense.

The selection of positions by drawing lots was unanimously agreed upon by all the departments of the coalition forces, and there was no reversal of any outcome in the face of any result. So Kasha can only reluctantly accept the fait accompli that he has been assigned to the first layer of defense. The Xuanyuan family, who had crossed the crowd, was also assigned to the first line of defense because it was related to the Prairly troops attached to Kasha.

There were more than 400 people in Kasha's Prairly Command, except for 50 people left in the rear to guard the supplies, the remaining 300 people were guarding the defensive line, and the number of alchemy soldiers under the command of the fellow soldiers was more than 700 people. The area responsible for the defense is a side slope with a width of more than 50 meters and a depth of about 60 meters. It is said that it is a slope, but in fact the slope is not too steep, and the difference between the highest point in the southwest direction and the lowest point in the northeast direction is only about four or five meters. Kasha's Prairly led the troops to build a ring of low wooden and stone walls about two meters high around the top of the slope, and set up three trebuchets and four ballistas bought from the regular legions of the kingdom on the top of the slope (in fact, such heavy weapons are not allowed to be bought and sold, so it is more appropriate to rent them rather than buy them, and they must be returned after the battle of the demons, of course, the corresponding cost is not so much). Three arrow towers were erected at the bottom of the slope to the northeast, and a large number of barricades and traps were dug around the perimeter.

"But to be honest, I don't think these makeshift defenses can withstand tens of thousands of demons." Li Xiang looked at the busy crowd around him and said worriedly.

Li Xiang's worries are not unreasonable. Although he had not experienced the previous Demon Wars, he had seen the county town of Harudel County, which had been destroyed by demons in the Tristram Kingdom. What is the level of urban defense of the kind of city that can accommodate a population of about three or five hundred thousand, which can be seen from the wreckage left after the city was broken. In Li Xiang's opinion, the fortifications of Harudal County after the broken city are stronger than the fortifications in the current coalition defense line, so Li Xiang really has no confidence in relying on the existing defense facilities to resist the massive demons.

"There's no need to worry." The Rogue knight who was traveling with Li Xiang participated in the previous battle against the demons, and when he heard this, he immediately said: "Of course, such defensive facilities can't resist the demons, but we are only responsible for building the foundation of the position." Once we have completed the foundation, the Templar will strengthen our defenses. ”

"Reinforcement? How to reinforce? Li Xiang asked curiously.

"You'll know when the time comes." Knight Rogge, who was traveling with him, replied mysteriously.

Seeing the appearance of the Rog knight, Li Xiang estimated that the other party was probably unable to accurately describe how the Templar organization strengthened the defensive line, so he didn't ask any more questions. After the two sides continued to greet each other for a while, Li Xiang said goodbye to the Rog knight and returned to his station.

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Ten days later, the troops sent by the Templars to the various lines of defense also arrived.

The traversers watched curiously from afar as the Templar forces came to rendezvous.

"Strange," Li Xiang muttered to himself in confusion as he surveyed the Templar troops.

"What? Is there something wrong? Yang Qianyu next to him saw that Li Xiang's expression was wrong, and asked curiously.

"Didn't you say that the Templar would provide defenses for the coalition forces?" Li Xiang said suspiciously, "But I didn't find any members of the Templar troops who were similar to engineers, so how do they build defenses?" ”

Yang Qianyu suddenly felt helpless when he heard this. "You're still struggling with this?"

"Aren't you curious?" Li Xiang looked at Yang Qianyu.

Yang Qianyu folded his arms around his chest and said, "Of course I'm curious, but it's not as entangled as you." ”

Faced with Yang Qianyu's calm reaction, Li Xiang pursed his lips slightly and then turned back to continue to observe the movements of the Templar troops.

At this time, the Templar forces also began to act. Hundreds of Templars were each found to be holding an object of unknown shape, size, platinum and gold in shape, the size of a rugby, and scattered to the defenses built by the various coalition units. Depending on the size of the defensive area of each unit, the number of Templars who went there varied, ranging from one or two to five or six.

The area defended by Kasha's Prairly forces was relatively small-scale, so there were three Templars in total. One of the three came to the center of the trebuchet and ballista position on the top of the slope, one to the rear of the arrow tower at the bottom of the slope, and the other was more than ten meters behind the middle of the position of the first two. After the three Templars chose their location, they each set up what they were holding in their hands. Then I don't know what they did with the object, but I saw that the three rugby ball-shaped objects were split in two from the top and bottom of the middle, the lower end maintained the posture of the cone leg upright, the upper end rose to a height of two meters, and the center of the rise lit up a ball of light with a dark blue hue, which was dazzling but not dazzling. Under the reflection of the ball of light, the surrounding buildings and facilities are glowing with the same faint blue luster, which looks strange and mysterious.

After each placing the item they had brought and opening it, the three Templars left without saying a word and returned to the group.